Home / Music / Six works make up Beethoven's late string quartetsMusic linernotes album music alban-berg-quartetSix works make up Beethoven's late string quartetsBeethoven’s late quartets are Op. 127 in E-flat major, Op. 130 in B-flat major, Op. 131 in C-sharp minor, Op. 132 in A minor, Op. 135 in F major, and the Grosse Fuge (Op. 133). Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesBeethoven's middle quartets are longer, bolder, and more complex than the Op. 18 setBartók's six string quartets span his entire careerBartók's 'night music' passages evoke insects and birds in the string quartets — nature as dissonanceBeethoven's Grosse Fuge was booted from its own quartet by the publisherBeethoven's Op. 74 is called the 'Harp' quartet for its pizzicato arpeggiosExploreMariah Carey wrote 'Love Takes Time' with her 'Vision of Love' co-writerTheater director Jacques Levy co-wrote most of Bob Dylan's DesireJackson Browne started 'Take It Easy' and Glenn Frey finished itDorothy Ashby co-wrote 'Afro-Harping' with guitarist Phil UpchurchBjörk built Vespertine with Matmos, Zeena Parkins, and a full choirPrevious So Tonight That I Might See wasn't Mazzy Star's debut — it was their second albumNext Schubert's Quartettsatz is an unfinished masterpiece